Have some of the Shaykhs, such as Nasir al-'Umar, come to you, and what is your opinion regarding the division that has occurred in Saudi Arabia and the Emirates?

The questioner: Oh Shaykh, the Shaykhs came to you, these some of the Shaykhs, Nasir al-'Umar, and...

The Shaykh : How? How?

The questioner: I mean, some of the visitors came to you here, right?

The Shaykh: Ah, no, the matter is not without [issues].

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.

The Shaykh: And before that, praise be to Allah.

The questioner: Many.

The Shaykh: But unfortunately, we had to close the door.
The student: But Shaykh, many people benefited, because the tapes, I mean, reached them.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The student: Yes, and every tape, subhan Allah, has something new in it.

The Shaykh : Praise be to Allah.
The student: Praise be to Allah, that is the favor of Allah.
Another student : But Shaykh, we ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), I mean, truly, the most harmful thing for this Ummah is division.

The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest, and what division is greater than what happened in Saudi Arabia?
The student: Yes, a great division.

The Shaykh: I seek refuge in Allah, Allah is the Greatest, the desires, even among many of our Salafi brothers.
The student: I mean, this one speaks words and that one refutes them, and this one distributes a book.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student: We ask Allah for safety.

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student: I mean, some of the Salafi youth are spreading tawhid (the oneness of Allah) in Abu Dhabi and such, so one of them came and calledThe Shaykh : Ali Hasan, I mean, some of the Salafi brothers are doing great works in Abu Dhabi, from spreading tawhid (the oneness of Allah) to holding lessons, and their entire reliance is on your books, oh Shaykh. But some of the other brothers recorded a tape with some of the Shaykhs, like the brother Ali Hasan, because they could not reach you, otherwise they would have reached you. So Ali Hasan, may Allah reward him with good, said to them, "I have no comment except to tell you: you must seek knowledge, only seek knowledge."

The Shaykh: Good.
The student: And the same was the response of the brother Mashhur and others, so truly, as you mentioned, I mean, this is I mean, a division.

The Shaykh: Allahu Akbar.
The student: Now it exists, now it has started to reflect in the Emirates, I mean, the same atmosphere.

The Shaykh: The same, I mean, perhaps it spread.
The student: It spread, and all of them, these, oh Shaykh, all of them, all of them without exception, are students of your books, I mean, and they did not know except...

The Shaykh: He is the cause of knowledge, there is no moral upbringing. Knowledge, a person might have it, even if by air, I did not hear of air universities, but upbringing is not achieved except through companionship and association. And unfortunately, the youth do not have Shaykhs who raise them to be a model for them in their morals and their dealings. And so there may be knowledge but no character, and this is the apparent disease now in the Muslim community in general, and also in the Salafi community in particular, and Allah is the Helper.
The student: Go ahead, oh Shaykh, you advised them.

The Shaykh: Yes.
The student: Advice, I mean.

The Shaykh: By Allah, requests for advice come to me frequently, the important thing is implementing them . Why are you standing here with the authorities?